Shoe shine box



1960 J. A. WEAVER 2,923,024

SHOE SHINE BOX Filed Nov. 25, 1956 97 INVENTOR J 6115 52am? SHOE SHINE BOX J. Allen Weaver, York, Pa.; Florence C. Weaver and Robert C. Fluhrer, executors of the estate of said J. Allen Weaver, deceased Application November 23, 1956, Serial No. 623,860

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-265) This invention relates to shoe shine boxes and has for its principal object the provision of an exceptionally rigid closure for the box in which the edge of one or more of the strengthening reversed flanges of the lid form a stop element for shoe paste boxes resiliently held against the inner face of the closure lid.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view;

Figure 2 is a side elevation with the lid down;

Figure 3 is an end elevation partly in section.

The shoe box is of all metal construction, comprising two end panels and 11 each of trapezoidal shape with four right angularly extending flanges 12 to 15 projecting a quarter inch or so beyond the face of the panel, a single sheet of metal forming the top 16, bottom 17, the rear side 18 as well as the top portion 20 of the front side and the bottom portion 21 of the front side, the latter portion ending in piano hinge rolls 23 cooperating with similar rolls 24 on the lid or closure 25 which completes the receptacle forming base, which in turn with the foot rest forms a shoe box. The bottom 17, if desired, may be indented to form dome-like feet 33.

The foot rest 30, which forms the handle of the device, is of well known form save for the two end rests 31 and 32 which are wide enough laterally to extend at least twothirds of the width of the top 16 and therefore equal to the widest portion of the sole supporting surface of the foot rest. This configuration facilitates the polishing of the lower sides of a shoe being shined and distributes the weight upon it evenly over a considerable area.

The closure 25, like the main sheet of metal of the box, extends from edge to edge of the end flanges and is therefore wider than the interior space of the receptacle which is of suflicient capacity to hold the usual equipment. At the two sides the lid 25 is strengthened by reversed flanges 34 and 35. A band 36 permanently secured to the lid is formed into pockets 36a and loops 37 in which a number of resilient spring fingers 40 may be nited States Patent 0 2,923,024 Fatented Feb. 2, 1960 crimped tightly in place. Just beyond where the spring fingers 40 are secured to the band 36 the wires forming them are bent normal to the lid as at 49 and then are bent toward the lid at an acute angle but little short of a right angle. Preferably the fingers are U-shaped, having a rounded end 41, curved downwardly as at 42 to engage the usual round box 43 of shoe paste at two spaced points. The boxes 43 are held firmly in place by such resilient engagement and also by engagement with the larger reversed flange 44 which eifectively forms a stop for all three of the boxes illustrated. As such boxes are usually of a standard diameter the space between the edge 45 of flange 44 and the edge 46 of the sheet metal strip or band 36 may be made accordingly or the distance between such edges may be great enough to accommodate out-sized boxes of shoe paste. When the lid or closure is up it may be latched by turning the knob 48. In this position the paste boxes are normally held in place by the spring fingers 40 and the edge of strip 36, but should they slip over this by an exceptional jar they would be retained by the two parallel vertical portions 49 of the fingers. The hinge of the lid can never get loose as it is a part of the box.

What I claim is:

In a shoe shine box, a metal lid forming a portion of a side of the box, said lid having at its lower edge a hinge with a horizontal axis, and at its upper edge having an inwardly-reversely bent flange, a latch on the inside of said flange with means on the outside of the lid to operate it, a metal band permanently secured to the lid parallel to the flange and spaced therefrom to receive and limit movement or a plurality of round boxes of shoe paste held against the lid by a plurality of U-shaped spring fingers anchored at their ends in the band, then rising normal to the lid with the rounded portion of each spring finger extending toward the flange, the two legs of each spring finger being bent to engage one of said shoe paste boxes at two spaced points, whereby the boxes will be supported in part by the band when the lid is closed, and by the flange when the lid is moved through an angle to open the lid so its upper edge rests on the surface supporting the bottom of the box.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS D. 161,771 Lumley Jan. 30, 1951 442,690 Sickler Dec. 16, 1890 1,079,606 Rooney Nov. 25, 1913 1,477,594 Reilly Dec. 18, 1923 FOREIGN PATENTS 202,153 Great Britain Aug. 16, 1923 

